http://dizolele.com/?p=104 dizolele.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:25:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://dizolele.com/?p=104#comment-160559 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:31:09 +0000 http://dizolele.com/?p=104#comment-160559 Australia? Eh? The Congo is always mentioned in reference to coltan. Gorillas have been killed for it. Coltan is used in cell phones, too and in many electronic gizmos. Probably lots of it used in space exploration gizmos. Australia? Eh? The Congo is always mentioned in reference to coltan. Gorillas have been killed for it. Coltan is used in cell phones, too and in many electronic gizmos. Probably lots of it used in space exploration gizmos.

]]> http://dizolele.com/?p=104#comment-711 Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:37:28 +0000 http://dizolele.com/?p=104#comment-711 Mvemba, I guess the first question that pops up in my mind shows how little I know about mineral markets like the market for coltan. After the rush in the late 90s for control of the areas where coltan exists, there was a subsiding of demand for the mineral as inventories surley became large, a small but noticable outcry exposed the coltan trade in the region, and there was always more production of tantalum in Australia. So, to my question. How can there still be any significant amount of profit margins for anyone to continue operations for coltan in the DRC? Mvemba,
I guess the first question that pops up in my mind shows how little I know about mineral markets like the market for coltan. After the rush in the late 90s for control of the areas where coltan exists, there was a subsiding of demand for the mineral as inventories surley became large, a small but noticable outcry exposed the coltan trade in the region, and there was always more production of tantalum in Australia. So, to my question. How can there still be any significant amount of profit margins for anyone to continue operations for coltan in the DRC?

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